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Where does “menevä” come from?

menevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

menevä (Finnish): active, busy; popular, fashionable, trendy;...

Definitions

  1. active, busy; popular, fashionable, trendy;...

Ancestry of “menevä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go

Words derived from “menevä”

  • ohimenevästi
  • ohimenevä
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